Genus Paranais Czerniavsky, 1880

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paranais Czerniavsky, V. 1880. Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatum III. Vermes. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 55(4): 213-363 [310].

  Type species:

   Nais litoralis Müller, 1774 (=Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1774)) by original designation.
• Waspa Marcus, E. 1965. Naidomorpha aus brasilianischen Brackwasser. Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna 4: 61-83 [63].

  Type species:

   Waspa evelinae Marcus, 1965 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brinkhurst, R.O. & Coates, K.A. 1985. The genus Paranais (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98: 303-313 [304]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED